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This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:Pitchback_water_wheel_schematic.png licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0 . 2009-12-21T16:06:32Z Thryduulf 2000x2067 (452595 Bytes) Fixed a couple of letter spacing issues with the labels.
Schematic diagram of an overshot water wheel. Date: 11 March 2007 (original upload date) (Original text: March 11, 2007) Source: Transferred from to Commons. (Original text: Original artwork by Daniel M. Short) Author: The original uploader was DanMS at English Wikipedia. (Original text: Daniel M. Short) Other versions
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Water Mill (Water Mill, New York) Mills at Green Hole, Philmont NY: Mills at Green Hole - Mill complex Early 1700s Fully operational water-powered saw mill, cider press, blacksmith shop, & woodworking shop; North Carolina Mingus Mill. Dellingers Mill, Bakersville, seasonally operational, water powered, 1867; Emmett Isaacs Mill, Surry County
Watermill of Braine-le-Château, Belgium (12th century) Interior of the Lyme Regis watermill, UK (14th century). A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower.It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering.
Another solution was the shipmill, a type of water mill powered by water wheels mounted on the sides of ships moored in midstream. This technique was employed along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in 10th-century Iraq , where large shipmills made of teak and iron could produce 10 tons of flour from grain every day for the granary in Baghdad ...
Watermill lists which summarize the rapidly developing state of research are provided by Wikander 1985 and Brun 2006, with additions by Wilson 1995 and 2002. Spain 2008 undertakes a technical analysis of around thirty known ancient mill sites.
The Barbegal aqueduct and mills was a Roman watermill complex located on the territory of the commune of Fontvieille, Bouches-du-Rhône, near the town of Arles, in southern France. The complex has been referred to as "the greatest known concentration of mechanical power in the ancient world " and the 16 overshot wheels are considered to be the ...